“Meeting adjourned!…..incidentally…does anyone know where Cheryl is today?”
“I saw her filling out her Enforced Pika Aquisition forms….has anyone seen her since?”
“…..noooooooooo….”
Has anyone already suggested that this might be a “Prequel Trilogy”-style twist where “The Chosen One” fulfills her prophecy by destroying what everyone thought she was supposed to save? That in order to preserve the civil-service-inspired ecosystem from Tigerlily’s clockwork army, Unity’s going to wreck everything that makes it orderly and civilized? Because that’s what I’m starting to think.
Also, if Channing is as well-informed about genre tropes and serial storytelling as I suspect him to be, this won’t be the last conflict between Tigerlily and Unity. Tigerlily is currently “depowered” a bit from Tip’s influence, so if Unity beats her, it can be written off as a result of Tigerlily’s most recent creations being not quite up to snuff… setting the stage for an even more epic conflict further down the line, when both characters are at full strength again.
You’re thinking of Narbonic: Director’s Cut, where Mel only tries to kill Antonio Smith, Forensic Linguist after he throws a badly-rendered exploding copy of Don Quixote at her.
According to Shaenon*, this change was made to make Mel more relatable to teenage readers, “most of whom have no problem with authority figures or grammar nerds,” and also to add depth to her character. “It’s very important to the story to know that Mel is a fan of 14th-century French courtly romances, and doesn’t appreciate Cervantes’s lampooning of the genre,” Shaenon writes** in the strip commentaries. “Really, it’s Antonio Smith’s choice of book that drives her to attempted murder as much as her own instincts for self-preservation.”
*it’s understood that when I write “According to Shaenon,” I mean “never mentioned, implied, or considered by Shaenon, ever.”
**by which I mean, of course, “Shaenon never wrote.”
Actually, I think you could. You need a quorum to start the meeting, which is 1/2 + 1 members of the board with the president counting as just a member. Normally the president doesn’t vote except in the case of a tie. So if the board consists of three members, two people would be a quorum to start the meeting. But the non-president member’s vote would be the deciding vote whenever a vote is called since you can’t tie with yourself, though I’m not sure what would happen if you were to abstain.
Why yes, I was the president of my HOA for a couple of years, why do you ask?
I’m going to disagree for the block, Peter. 1/2 +1 with a board of three means you need 2.5 people for a quorum, which is three people. Or UNITY, who might just count as 1.5 to 2.5 people, depending…
I almost didn’t get the last panel. I was thinking, on the quarter? Quarter of what? Quarter of the branch? Quarter of the voting majority? Maybe it should be quorum?
Then as I was leaving the site it struck me. American currency! Presumably there’s an eagle on the 25 cent coin.
The US twenty-five cent coin had George Washington on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse prior to 1999. Since then, the reverse has been used to commemorate US states, territories, national parks, and any other damn thing the mint can think of to drive collectors into keeping more and more coins out of circulation and thus generating revenue for the US government.
(TUNE: Theme to “Freakazoid!”, Richard Stone & Tom Ruegger)
See him peched out on a limb! Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
Unity’s fed up with him! Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
She would like to smack this fool! Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
He must follow ev’ry rule! Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
He’s totally bored her
With Robert’s Rules of Order!
She’ll get in the final word … Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
Travel now with Unity, off to Idaho!
She wants to be a notary public just to earn some dough!
The Abbess said, “With birds and beasts,
You must be as one!”
Now Unity regrets this,
‘Cause it’s no frikkin’ fun!
Ev’ry beast has forms to fill! Birdy has … paperwork!
Ev’ry creature’s such a pill! Birdy is … such a jerk!
If he wasn’t on the coin … Birdies are … patriots!
She would kick him in the groin! Birdy kick! In the nuts!
Just don’t ask him why he’s
Adjourning sin-e di-e …
Situation’s so absurd! Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
Oooh! Unity putting the Smackdown on a national symbol… I guess there’s the “birds” part of their lil’ prophecy.
mnem
It could be worse. They could be penguins.
At least they’re no longer on the endangered species list.
Sine die, or just plain die.
“Meeting adjourned!…..incidentally…does anyone know where Cheryl is today?”
“I saw her filling out her Enforced Pika Aquisition forms….has anyone seen her since?”
“…..noooooooooo….”
Hello, new fan, just wanted to say, like the comic, thank you greatly for writing it and drawing it.
Has anyone already suggested that this might be a “Prequel Trilogy”-style twist where “The Chosen One” fulfills her prophecy by destroying what everyone thought she was supposed to save? That in order to preserve the civil-service-inspired ecosystem from Tigerlily’s clockwork army, Unity’s going to wreck everything that makes it orderly and civilized? Because that’s what I’m starting to think.
Also, if Channing is as well-informed about genre tropes and serial storytelling as I suspect him to be, this won’t be the last conflict between Tigerlily and Unity. Tigerlily is currently “depowered” a bit from Tip’s influence, so if Unity beats her, it can be written off as a result of Tigerlily’s most recent creations being not quite up to snuff… setting the stage for an even more epic conflict further down the line, when both characters are at full strength again.
But did Tip shoot first, last, simultaneously, in 3D, or through the fourth wall?
You’re thinking of Narbonic: Director’s Cut, where Mel only tries to kill Antonio Smith, Forensic Linguist after he throws a badly-rendered exploding copy of Don Quixote at her.
According to Shaenon*, this change was made to make Mel more relatable to teenage readers, “most of whom have no problem with authority figures or grammar nerds,” and also to add depth to her character. “It’s very important to the story to know that Mel is a fan of 14th-century French courtly romances, and doesn’t appreciate Cervantes’s lampooning of the genre,” Shaenon writes** in the strip commentaries. “Really, it’s Antonio Smith’s choice of book that drives her to attempted murder as much as her own instincts for self-preservation.”
*it’s understood that when I write “According to Shaenon,” I mean “never mentioned, implied, or considered by Shaenon, ever.”
**by which I mean, of course, “Shaenon never wrote.”
No wonder UNITY’s upset. Everyone knows you can’t have a quorum with just two members.
Actually, I think you could. You need a quorum to start the meeting, which is 1/2 + 1 members of the board with the president counting as just a member. Normally the president doesn’t vote except in the case of a tie. So if the board consists of three members, two people would be a quorum to start the meeting. But the non-president member’s vote would be the deciding vote whenever a vote is called since you can’t tie with yourself, though I’m not sure what would happen if you were to abstain.
Why yes, I was the president of my HOA for a couple of years, why do you ask?
I’m going to disagree for the block, Peter. 1/2 +1 with a board of three means you need 2.5 people for a quorum, which is three people. Or UNITY, who might just count as 1.5 to 2.5 people, depending…
I almost didn’t get the last panel. I was thinking, on the quarter? Quarter of what? Quarter of the branch? Quarter of the voting majority? Maybe it should be quorum?
Then as I was leaving the site it struck me. American currency! Presumably there’s an eagle on the 25 cent coin.
This country would be better if we’d gone with Ben Franklin’s idea and made the turkey our national bird.
I’m not an American and I got that instantly.
The US twenty-five cent coin had George Washington on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse prior to 1999. Since then, the reverse has been used to commemorate US states, territories, national parks, and any other damn thing the mint can think of to drive collectors into keeping more and more coins out of circulation and thus generating revenue for the US government.
And they left Presidents on the Gold Dollar Coins. I’m surprised they haven’t tried putting Vice-Presidents on the Penny.
Oh good grief, I live here and I didn’t figure that out. Yes, there totally is an eagle on the 25 cent coin. *smacks forehead*
In my head I want to hear that last line in Moe Howard’s voice, but it keeps coming out in Curly’s.
She’s going to go find this guy named Robert and put a smackdown on his Rules.
(TUNE: Theme to “Freakazoid!”, Richard Stone & Tom Ruegger)
See him peched out on a limb!
Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
Unity’s fed up with him!
Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
She would like to smack this fool!
Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
He must follow ev’ry rule!
Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
He’s totally bored her
With Robert’s Rules of Order!
She’ll get in the final word …
Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
Travel now with Unity, off to Idaho!
She wants to be a notary public just to earn some dough!
The Abbess said, “With birds and beasts,
You must be as one!”
Now Unity regrets this,
‘Cause it’s no frikkin’ fun!
Ev’ry beast has forms to fill!
Birdy has … paperwork!
Ev’ry creature’s such a pill!
Birdy is … such a jerk!
If he wasn’t on the coin …
Birdies are … patriots!
She would kick him in the groin!
Birdy kick! In the nuts!
Just don’t ask him why he’s
Adjourning sin-e di-e …
Situation’s so absurd!
Birdy nerd! Birdy nerd!
And two quarters will get Unity one Superball, so you can see how important they are.
So many puns. …branch manager… …really ruffles her feathers…
How can the lead eagle allow Unity to bring up any other business before finishing up new business? Obviously they have so much to discuss.
“We must take up the tax!”
“You’re right, you first have to take up the tacks before you can take up the carpet.”
If he doesn’t watch out he is going to be an illegal.
Yes, I went there.
So… Lee caught an eagle? She has hidden talents.
I think it was the monks.
See, if Franklin *had* prevailed, they could be talking turkey. And talking turkeys.
the scary thing is, maybe they ARE a quorum with only two of them present…
Something for various charactors in the Narbonic/Skin Horse ‘verse.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/04/mad-scientists-start-drooling/